From 6117793cd999ed5bd8280be8e1bde71c990ac757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amr Gharbeia <amr@gharbeia.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:18:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(boot): Use explicit bash invocation to prevent Permission
 denied on execution

---
 opencortex.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/opencortex.sh b/opencortex.sh
index cf332a8..d5e5a48 100755
--- a/opencortex.sh
+++ b/opencortex.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ setup_system() {
 
     echo -e "${YELLOW}--- Finalizing: Awakening the Brain as a background daemon ---${NC}"
     > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log"
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
+    bash "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
 
     local success=false
     for i in {1..30}; do
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
     tui)
         if ! nc -z $HOST $PORT 2>/dev/null; then
             echo -e "Brain is offline. Awakening..."
-            "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
+            bash "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
             for i in {1..15}; do
                 sleep 2
                 if nc -z $HOST $PORT 2>/dev/null; then break; fi
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
     cli)
         if ! nc -z $HOST $PORT 2>/dev/null; then
             echo -e "Brain is offline. Awakening..."
-            "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
+            bash "$SCRIPT_DIR/opencortex.sh" --boot > "$SCRIPT_DIR/brain.log" 2>&1 &
             for i in {1..15}; do
                 sleep 2
                 if nc -z $HOST $PORT 2>/dev/null; then break; fi